Gait analysis by measuring ground reaction forces in children: Changes to an adaptive gait pattern between the ages of one and five years

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 228-233

  Preis, Sabine ^a   Klemms, Anja ^a   Müller, Kristina ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 0030926032     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1997.tb07416.x     Document Type: Article

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